Brazil

News Hour: Hong Kong has lifted a ban on Brazilian meat imports, a spokesperson for Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday. Brazil is still blocking exports from the 21 meatpacking plants targeted in a police investigation...

News Hour: The European Union’s health commissioner said Monday that Brazil will have to “restore trust” in its meat exports after being hit by a scandal over expired meat being passed off as fresh. “I expect...

News Hour: Brazil won a major victory on Saturday in the fight to restore credibility amid a tainted meat scandal, with key markets China, Egypt, and Chile lifting their bans on its products. The three countries,...

News Hour: Vietnam officially decided to suspend the imports of meat, livestock and poultry products from 21 factories of Brazil which have been under suspicion of using unhygienic substance, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and...

News Hour: A police investigation into alleged unsanitary and corrupt practices has badly damaged the reputation of Brazil’s meatpacking industry and could wipe more than 10 percent off its global market share, Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi...

News Hour: Saudi Arabia has stopped beef and poultry imports from four Brazilian companies over concerns about food safety after accusations that individuals had been bribed to allow sales of rotten and salmonella-tainted meats. Following a...

News Hour: Hong Kong has banned all meat imports from Brazil, the Latin American nation’s agriculture ministry said Tuesday, another blow from a police investigation into corruption among health inspectors and the alleged selling of rotten...

News Hour: The decision by Rio de Janeiro’s deeply religious new mayor to skip the traditional opening of the world’s most famous carnival overshadowed the party on its opening night Friday, reports BSS. Carnival organizers resplendent...

News Hour: The son of football legend Pele turned himself in late Friday after being ordered by a Brazilian court to begin serving a nearly 13-year prison sentence for money laundering and drug trafficking. Edson “Edinho”...

News Hour: Australia will play Brazil in Melbourne in June as a warm-up for the Confederations Cup, organisers said Thursday, reports BSS. The match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on June 13 will be Brazil’s first...